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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Marita Moloney

Urgent product recall for cheese sold in Ireland over allergic reaction concerns

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued an updated product recall for cheese sold across the country.

An additional batch of a previously recalled product is now being removed from shelves over allergen fears.

On December 22, the FSAI issued an alert in relation to a batch of The Little Milk Co Organic Irish Cheddar.

It recalled a batch of the cheese due to the presence of elevated levels of histamine.

In some people, elevated levels of histamine can cause symptoms that are similar to those of an allergic reaction.

The products with the batch code of K98 and best before date of May 18, 2022 were removed from stores across Ireland.

In an update on Friday, a second batch of The Little Milk Co Organic Irish Cheddar was recalled, as well as a batch of Organic Sheebeg Raw Milk Cheese.

The batch code of the products is K93, while they have a best before date of April 6, 2022.

Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores supplied with the implicated products, the FSAI said.

Separately, a number of CBD oils were also recalled.

Several Hugold CBD Oils were recalled as the products "have been processed in an establishment where the activity has not been notified to the competent authority and is unregistered", the FSAI said.

The products also contain concentrated CBD which is an unauthorised novel food.

The food safety authority added: "The safety of the unauthorised novel food (concentrated CBD) and products containing it have not been assessed and they should not be on the EU market (Article 6.2 of Regulation EU 2015/2283).

"The processing facility is not registered and basic food safety, hygiene and traceability procedures are not in place."

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